Scoop.



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Y L. ERNST.

. SCOOP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30, 1902.

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Y cover in the form of an inverted scoop'B isV gral with the handle A2, which may be of wood vone leaf of the hinge being secured to the UNITED STATES Patented october 2o, 190s.

PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS ERNST, OF READING, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO JOSEPH BRINKMANN, OF

SCOOP.

READING, oHIo.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,640, dated October 20, 1903.

Application lcd August 30| 1902.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS ERNST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Scoop, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention is an-improved scoop for grov cers and other dealers in such articles as are usually handled by scoops, and is especially adapted for use `with paper bags and sacks.

The main object of my invention is to produce a scoop with which commodities-#such as iiour, sugar, grain, &c.-can be easily poured into bags and sacks without spilling a portion of the article handled on the floor or counter. Y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved scoop. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal elevation partly in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a slight modiiication. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the groove in the side edges of the upper scoop.

In the drawings, A represents a scoop of the usual outline, its edges being sharp, while Al is tho back ofthe scoop, being shown as inteor any preferred material. An upwardly open trough A4 extends longitudinally along the upper surfaceof the handle, the bottom of the trough being recessed adjacent its rear end, and a spring A3 is located therein. A

hinged at B to the back of the lower scoop,

back Bzof the cover. Along the sides the edges of this cover are thickened and grooved, as shown at B3, Fig. 5, secured centrally of the cover, and extending rearwardly and resting on the spring Aa is a metal strip C, bent back upon itself adjacent the rear ofthe spring to form a supplemental handlefC2 and having integral laterally-extending arms C8 adjacent its forward end, which serve as braces to strengthen the cover.. Adjacent the scoop-A the handle is vertically slotted 4tal handle.

at A5, the slot communicating with the recess secano. 121,641. (No'mtau.)

A4, and any articledsuchas sugar, iiour, and the like=which might fallinto the recess A4 will pass out through said slot back into the 5o barrel. In Fig. 4. I have shown a modied form of hinging the parts where the back is integral with the scoop and is made, for example, of tin. A

The operation of my device is obvious. Pressure of the thumbupon the supplemental handle C? will depress the spring and lift the cover, and the scoop is usedin the usual manner. As soon as full the thumb is removed and the spring closes the cover, which by reason'of its grooved edges lits closely over the corresponding edges of the scoop, and the scoop can be inserted in the mouth of -a bag or sack withoutY danger of spilling the article. handled, or the scoop can be carried across a store-room without risk of the sugar, flour, or other commodity running over the edge and falling on the Iioor. The construction shown in Fig. 5 not only prevents the larticle handled from spilling over the edge of the scoop, but also prevents same from clinging to the vouter side of the scoop or from cloggingsame,

Vfrom accumulating in the groove and interfering with the operation ofthe supplemen- 8o The scoop, however, can be made without this slot, if desired.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf- 1. Thecombination withascoop,ofahinged cover having grooved side edges adapted to t over the side edges of the 'scoop.

2. The combination-with a scoop, ahandle slotted along its upper surface, ahinged cover 9o having thickened and grooved side edges, a supplemental handle extending from the cover, and a spring between the two handles.

3. The combination with a scoop, a handle secured thereto said handle being longitudispring seated in the socket of the handle of nally recessed along its upper surface and the scoop, and secured at its upper end to the slotted adjacent the scoop, and having a handle of the cover.

socket formed in Jhe rear of the slotted por- LOUIS ERNST. tion, an arched cover hinged to said scoop, a Witnesses:

handle extending rearwardly from said cover. v AUG. BEUSHAUSEN,

above the handle secured tothe scoop, anda E. S. SULLIVAN. 

